Melissa...I see no one has answered you re this. I dont believe I have ever head this term before. I looked in A TO ZAX but not in there. I ASSUME it may refer to a frame [plank] house as oppposed to a log house. Maybe this is one for the old oldtimers. Rebecca ps...Lynn, have you ever heard of such? > However, on the next land application, Micajah Knowles stated that he had > built on the property a "box house". What in the world is a box house? > And how did you build it? > > > hewed-log dwelling house > plank barn > corn crib > 2 wells (Dad says he knows where 2 old wells are; hope they are these!) > log smoke house